Two further traders have been fined more than £1,700 for selling dangerous toys at last year’s Goose Fair in Nottingham.
Following a crackdown, the city council’s trading standards team seized almost 500 items which failed to comply with the Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011 and the General Product Safety Regulations 2005.
These included soft toys, remote controlled vehicles, laser light swords and flashing wands.
While many received warning letters, two more traders have now been prosecuted at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court.
Dean Lester, 43, from Blackpool, pleaded guilty to supplying toy swords with insufficient labelling and unsafe laser light swords. He was ordered to pay a total of £724.
The toys failed several clauses of the British Standard, including the eyes and noses detaching too easily which can cause risks of suffocation, asphyxiation or ingestion of small parts.
Also, the name and address of the importer was not marked on the packaging or the toy itself, and the toy did not satisfy essential safety requirements.
This follows the prosecution of Lonel Stan, 47, from Salford, earlier in the year who pleaded guilty to selling dangerous laser swords at the event and was fined £600.
SOme of the items has lasers 16 times stronger than the permitted level for toys.
Councillor Heaton, Portfolio Holder for Community Services at Nottingham City Council, said:
“These cases were alarming as some of the toys in question were falsely labelled with a CE mark which many members of the public may recognise as a safety mark. Shoppers are entitled to expect goods to be of satisfactory quality, fit for their purpose, as described and, more importantly, safe.”
Consumers are urged to contact the Citizens Advice Consumer Service on 03454 040506 if they require pre-shopping advice or if they are concerned about the safety of a product that they have recently purchased.
